"Red Squirrel" <invalid@thisis.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Nota Clu" <tyro01NOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
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>> I am contemplating wiping the hard drive and installing XP. Any
>> thoughts?
>>
>
> That was the first thing I did with my XPS 420 system
>
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> Red Squirrel
"S.Lewis" <Gossamer@interesting.com> wrote in message
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> "Red Squirrel" <invalid@thisis.invalid> wrote in message
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>> "Nota Clu" <tyro01NOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> news:48867f5d$0$14327$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
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>>> I am contemplating wiping the hard drive and installing XP. Any
>>> thoughts?
>>>
>>
>> That was the first thing I did with my XPS 420 system
>>
>> --
>> Red Squirrel
>
>
> RS -
>
> You running RAID by any chance?
>
>
> Stew
No Raid, just 1 gigantic 500 GB HDD.
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> "S.Lewis" <Gossamer@interesting.com> wrote in message
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>> "Red Squirrel" <invalid@thisis.invalid> wrote in message
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>>> "Nota Clu" <tyro01NOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:48867f5d$0$14327$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
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>>>> I am contemplating wiping the hard drive and installing XP. Any
>>>> thoughts?
>>>>
>>>
>>> That was the first thing I did with my XPS 420 system
>>>
>>> --
>>> Red Squirrel
>>
>>
>> RS -
>>
>> You running RAID by any chance?
>>
>>
>> Stew
> No Raid, just 1 gigantic 500 GB HDD.
>
Gotcha. I also installed WinXP (Pro)on my XPS420, but had no luck in
setting up a RAID1 configuration with that OS.
Ended up taking it back to Vista for the sake of the RAID array.
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> "Nota Clu" <tyro01NOT@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "S.Lewis" <Gossamer@interesting.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Red Squirrel" <invalid@thisis.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>> "Nota Clu" <tyro01NOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:48867f5d$0$14327$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
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>>>>> I am contemplating wiping the hard drive and installing XP. Any
>>>>> thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That was the first thing I did with my XPS 420 system
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Red Squirrel
>>>
>>>
>>> RS -
>>>
>>> You running RAID by any chance?
>>>
>>>
>>> Stew
>> No Raid, just 1 gigantic 500 GB HDD.
>>
>
>
> Gotcha. I also installed WinXP (Pro)on my XPS420, but had no luck in
> setting up a RAID1 configuration with that OS.
>
> Ended up taking it back to Vista for the sake of the RAID array.
I also have just a single 500GB disk. However if you have Samsung hard
disks in your machine there is a firmware update available on the Dell
site which corrects problems with using Raid on the Samsung drives.
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>> "Nota Clu" <tyro01NOT@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> "Nota Clu" <tyro01NOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:48867f5d$0$14327$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am contemplating wiping the hard drive and installing XP. Any
>>>>>> thoughts?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That was the first thing I did with my XPS 420 system
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Red Squirrel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> RS -
>>>>
>>>> You running RAID by any chance?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Stew
>>> No Raid, just 1 gigantic 500 GB HDD.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Gotcha. I also installed WinXP (Pro)on my XPS420, but had no luck in
>> setting up a RAID1 configuration with that OS.
>>
>> Ended up taking it back to Vista for the sake of the RAID array.
>
> I also have just a single 500GB disk. However if you have Samsung hard
> disks in your machine there is a firmware update available on the Dell
> site which corrects problems with using Raid on the Samsung drives.
>
>
> --
> Red Squirrel
I also don't like the Inspiron desktops. If I were to get a new
laptop now it would be a XPS 420 from the outlet. My XPS 410 is
serving me well, and I expect it to last a few more years of heavy
duty.
All of my Windows PCs have been UPGRADED from Vista to XP. The best
reason for Vista IMO is an application like Bob Levine's 64-bit Vista,
if you want a lot of RAM that the system can use. Otherwise, I prefer
XP and no longer even have a Vista system.
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:25:55 -0400, JayB <JayB@audiman.net> wrote:
>sorry to hear you bought that crap... er system.
>i would wipe it and put xp on it,
>if you still dont like it, send it back.
>
>your findings dont surprise me.
>i dont like the inspiron desktops.
>did you take all the preinstalled crap off it and tune it up?
>that system comes with over 70 processes out of the box.
>i can tune it down to 40-50.
>xp gets tuned down to 20-25.
>
>
>Nota Clu wrote:
>> I recently got a Dell 530 with a Q6600 quad core processor and three gigs of
>> RAM. Unfortunately, it came with Vista. I use Dragon Dictate for dictation
>> at work. My E6600 with the same CPU (dual core) speed overclocked to
>> 3.15GHz and two gigs of RAM running Windows XP beats the crap out of it. I
>> am having a very difficult time creating a duel boot system.
>>
>> I am contemplating wiping the hard drive and installing XP. Any thoughts?
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:22:03 -0500, journey <journey@merr.com> wrote:
>I also don't like the Inspiron desktops. If I were to get a new
>laptop now it would be a XPS 420 from the outlet. My XPS 410 is
>serving me well, and I expect it to last a few more years of heavy
>duty.
Oops, above should read "If I were to get a new _desktop_" (not
laptop).
Yes. It's just easier in a newsgroup to explain how to turn it off at
the drive level.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JayB [mailto:JayB@audiman.net]
> Posted At: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:37 AM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Disappointment
> Subject: Re: Disappointment
>
> if the indexing service was stopped altogether, which is what i do,
> i assume that is the same as you are describing below?
>
>
> Tom Scales wrote:
> >
> > Before you do anything, right click on every hard drive in My
> Computer
> > and uncheck Index this drive.
> >
> > That will make a HUGE difference.
> >
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S.Lewis [mailto:Gossamer@interesting.com]
> Posted At: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:17 AM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Disappointment
> Subject: Re: Disappointment
>
>
> "JayB" <JayB@audiman.net> wrote in message
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> > if the indexing service was stopped altogether, which is what i do,
> > i assume that is the same as you are describing below?
> >
>
>
> The 'drive indexing' option I attribute to XP.
>
> In Vista, I kill the 'windows search service', which I assume is tied
> to
> Windows desktop search - and is a complete resource pig.
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